>> eve of destruction. he said they have the same let's play "hardball." expression. the media makes it all hate. i don't hate a black person. it's just funny. there are probably 25 internet you know, falsehoods in that one quote alone. >> the yeah. it was really startling to hear good evening. i'm michael smerconish. him say all of that. he really believes that. leading off tonight, hope or not only does he believe those falsehoods about the president hopeless? despite a litany of challenges but doesn't see anything racist facing republicans, party in what he's saying or anything leaders put on a brave face at even disrespectful or this week's summer meetings in inappropriate about what he feels about the president. boston. their mission is a clear one, >> jonathan, it's august. rally the party around the theme it's end of summer. that worked well for democrats i could go to many a boardwalk in 2008. tonight i think and buy an obama that would be hope. mask. >> what we have to do in a sense it's not the mask itself that is be a party of optimism and makes this racially tinged. hope. am i right? part of what we have to do in >> right. it's not the mask. the era of obama's disaster is it's what's being said and it's we have to get beyond being how the mask is being used. anti-obama and we have to i mean, the guy was wearing a reconvince people you can have mask. the clown was wearing a mask. hope in america. that we can have a better future. but the clown was also being >> hope for republicans propped up or looked like he had nationally is what the party cling to because at the moment april broomstick or broom handle it's all they've got. that much was evident in you i think he was leaning on it or read politico this morning which it was coming from behind him.

reported that the republican establishment sees the party on you put all thatting the together, what was being said, the national level as veering how the president' portrayed, toward destruction. they report that an "it's almost you do have a racially tinged impossible to find an establishment republican in town moment there, and look, it's not who's not down right more rose about the 2013 that has been and just me and other people saying is about to be. they see this year as a disaster other african-americans saying it was racially tinged. in the making even if most the person who took the video is elected republicans don't know a white man who has been on our the it or admit it, the party's air and who said i think you wounds are many and they're all said in the intro, he felt like self-inflicked. poe at this time cosays threats of government shutdown and debt he was at a klan rally. when someone who is sitting default have ended all hopes of there feels so strongly about in proving that republicans are not that he took out his camera insane when it comes to governing. phone to videotape it to make thanks to out of mainstream sure that he had evidence that reactions on issues like immigration, voting rights, this happened and to share it marriage equality and women's with the world, then you know rights, republicans have done an you have a problem. excellent job of alienating an philip, i want to commend you on array of voting blocs they promised to court after the 2012 a fantastic story because i elections. hispanics, blacks, gays and think sometimes when people hear women. and thanks to hyper partisan charges of racism or the districts, republicans have less president being viewed in a to fear locally especially when racist light, there are a lot of people particularly on the right it comes to their control of the who dismiss it saying you're house. nationally, it's a different playing the race card just by

story. jonathan allen is the senior bringing it up. but that quote that michael read washington correspondent with politico. just puts out there for all to sam stein is an msnbc contributor with huffington see just how problematic this post. jonathan, that piece created is. >> there's an element of in that quite a buzz today. swayed me because when i heard i said to myself what's on the the story that there was someone verge of extinction really is working in this capacity wearing an obama mask, that didn't sound the establishment of the republican party. inherently racist to me. >> that's right, michael. but philip, your coverage does my colleagues jim vandehei and discuss this. the guy who shot the video says mike allen did a very good job i that someone came out and played think today of reporting the with the lips of the clown. really as they put it more rose mood among the establishment in right? >> that's right. and you know, this portion was washington. you've got a couple of factors not on the piece of video that here. number one, the social issue set he had. but he said that this happened in which the republican party during the rodeo and he saw that has essentially alienated a lot as a clearly kind i have plainly of voters whether you're talking racist act. about hispanics, black voters, >> all right. rush limbaugh maybe no surprise female voters and on the sort of threw his support behind the basic issues of governance, a clown and blamed president obama for diminishing the office by party is threatening to shut down the government so that it going on the "tonight show" and, of course, he bashed the can defund obama care. the establishment doesn't like so-called liberal media response that. certainly a lot of voices in the to what had happened. party want to see it or just >> this is no different than shut down the government for the purpose of shutting down on the those countries reacting government or let the nation

freakishly when there were default on its debt. any of those outcomes are horror cartoons of the prophet muhammad. for the model that your that is exactly what this is. traditional republicans want to you know, you people on the see into this might not be left, who the hell do you think you are? evidence in 2014 because all you can't laugh. you can't take a joke. politics are local and in those you can't take a punch. hyper partisan districts, the you can't take anything. one little thing that you don't republicans could have a very like and this clown can never good year and give them a false work. >> jonathan, i used the sense of bravado in 2014. reference to "the tonight show" >> these are the dueling because he also talked about the president going on the "tonight tensions inside the republican party. you have a bunch of house show." what distinguishes the rodeo republicans very attuned to the incident from a late night political whims of their own comedian poking fun at the districts and whoes whims are president? >> yes, it's all about context very much much different than the party probably needs on the national level. what might be a good strategy here. rush limbaugh rails against the for 2014 or status quo strategy liberal media, rails against the president all the time and even could end up blowing in the republican party's face in 20 rails against me from time to time. if i say something that offends 16. >> chris christie had the strong him which is usually every time. words for his colleagues yesterday at the summer meeting in boston. the issue here is that rush in direct reference to limbaugh and sean hannity and louisiana's he governor bobby jindal who called the party glenn beck so have the right and stupid, he said i am not going to you ca you the stupid party. the republican party under its election is over and we need to

spell, that anytime they will move on. he said see is, i'm in this saw something, you know, they business to win. i don't know why you're in it. hurl down thunder bolts against for our ideas to matter, we have to win because if we don't win, something, the rest of the party we don't governor. it either rallies conservatives if we don't governor, all we do to their side and makes people is shout into the wind. feel like what they feel and what they think is appropriate, jonathan, he's absolutely right. this has gotten lost over the but it also makes people in the last several years i think on building behind me when they're here cower in fear so that when both sides of the aisle. the sole purpose of political you need leaders to step up and say what has happened is wrong, parties is to deliver election victories -- not to be what has happened should not happen again, they don't say ideological vessels. >> he's saying look, go have an anything. >> well, meanwhile you mentioned argument, have an ideological glenn beck. he stood up for the brave debate. write about it in journals, talk artistry of rodeo clowns about it in schools. but let's put together a winning everywhere. watch. coalition to put republicans >> it shows how afraid this back in power so they can administration is. implement some of the policies they are afraid literally of a they want to. this is very much an echo of what bill clinton was saying to the democrats in the early 1990s rodeo clown. they can't afford to have anybody critical of the after a couple of decades of president. you know, people burn books and liberal excess. we had the mccarthy era where it's something that was successful for him and hey, if you were silenced because you you're chris christie, this is were a communist. your only option is to make the i got news for you, you may not argument that you're best suited to win and that it's about see rodeo clowns as art or winning, not about ideology.

entertainment, but it is. chris christie is not where the this is an art just. rest of the republican party is a very brave artist, believe it idea logically. or not. >> i think he's trying to define they could get mauled by a bull the race already in these terms. at any time. the question is, is that a >> jonathan, i didn't like the message that will get outside disrespect shown to george w. that room of national committee bush. i thought all that sickness and people because his chief hatred was beneath the dignity impediment to capturing the gop of the office at a minimum. i feel the same way about this. nomination is the nature of the >> yeah, i mean, look, again, primary process. we all know the type of it's about the context. candidates nominated these and when you make fun of george dayses in gop primaries. >> the issue is i an bit more bush, when people made fun of complex than christie gives it george bush, it was about his credit for. idea logically, in many respects intelligence or what have you. when you make fun of president the republican party has one. they turned a debate over how to obama, and sure we're not saying stimulate the economy into what that no one can criticize the the proper role of deficit president or that every reduction would be. criticism against the president is racist or racial. the problem with the republican party has faced is when do you claim victory. but when you do what the rodeo so back in 2011, there was a broad deficit and debt reduction clown did and what they did at that event, there's a whole plan presented too them that they could have said yes to and other historical context that claimed victory. they couldn't get to the yes. must be paid attention to. i think what will chris christie and that must be taken into misses is that in many respects, account. >> i'll make it easy for you. the conversation has changed if you play with the lips and because of the 2010 elections. put a broom up its butt, you got it's just the republican party a problem.

is not willing to claim victory >> exactly. yet. >> let me give you an >> thank you. up next, another woman has illustration what i'm talking accused san diego's mayor of about because it's from the garden state. there seems to be a lack of unwanted sexual advances. the 16th woman to do so and she quality control in the republican party when it comes to candidates. just look at new jersey. joins us next. a state that republicans have this is "hardball," the place for politics. eyed for a long time. american express credit card, this is the candidate than every purchase earns you 2% cash back, primary voters have chosen to which is deposited in your fidelity account. run against cory booker in the is that it? actually... state's special election for there's no annual fee and no limits on rewards. senate. his name is steve lonegan. he opposes marriage equality. and with the fidelity cash management account if you couldn't tell from that will photograph we just showed, debit card, you get reimbursed he's against gun control. for all atm fees. he's anti-abortion even in cases is that it? oh, this guy, too. of rape and incest. turn more of the money you spend into money you invest. he wants to dismantle the irs. a hard liner on immigration and it's everyday reinvesting wants to make glisht official for your personal economy. language and rejeks climate change. a recent buzz feed of lonegan summarized him like this, he called social security a ponzi scheme, advocates for the des construction of medicare and medicaid, denounces spanish ad as -- and describes cory booker as a socialist who just can't wait to pull the race card.

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the rowio clown with an obama calls for him to step down from mask. loath and national leaders disrespectle? racist, not according to a lot continue. yesterday, house democratic of people on the right who say leader nancy pelosi tweeted mayor filner is out of rehab. democrats can't take a joke. he should be out of the mayor's and there certainly are enough bob filner accusers to choose office. should not subject san diegoians from. and we've got the latest. to pain and expense of a recall. a 67-year-old great grandmother here tonight to tell us what california senator barbara boxer happened between her and the san made a personal appeal to the diego mayor. mayor in an open letter that and finally, it turns out, yes, reads in part "we've known each other for a long time. all you alien conspiracy so i'm speaking to you now on a theorists, the government admits there is, after all, an area 51. personal and professional level and asking you to step down as and no, it's not what you think. mayor and get the help you need as a private citizen." this is "hardball," the place for politics. the latest woman to come with the spark miles card from capital one, forward, peggy shannon, a great bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. grandmother who works at the take these bags to room 12 please. senior citizens service desk at [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles the san diego city hall accused on every purchase every day. produce delivery. of mayor filner of sexual this. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? joins me with her attorney ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. gloria allred. give us the context in which the here's your wake up call. mayor told you he could, quote [ male announcer ] get the spark business card unquote, go eight hours? from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. >> well, i came up to the desk choose double miles or 2% cash back and leaned over the desk and on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] took my hands and says, i think now where's the snooze button? i could go eight hours.

and i looked at him and said, because of a migraine. are you kidding? so they trust excedrin migraine and he says no. i'm sure i can go eight hours. to relieve pain fast. plus sensitivity to light, sound, even nausea. i was appalled. and it's #1 neurologist recommended. it was very shocking to me that migraines are where excedrin excels. will he would think that he it's back to school time. could say something like that to me. and excedrin wants to make sure your child's school >> and there have been bad behavior on his part prior to is equipped to help your child excel. purchase excedrin for a chance to win this? >> correct he had. >> i'm sorry. one of 5 $10,000 donations >> he had come up to me many to your child's school. go to excedrin's facebook page to enter. times and taken my hand and asked when we could get together on the weekend, whether saturday or sunday and this went on for months. >> after the eight-hour comment, i know that you told your hillary clinton's getting a supervisor and a co-worker what little love from the bush he had had done, what he had s. family. yesterday, barbara bush, the was there any response from daughter of former president them? did the system begin at least to george w. bush said she hopes work when you made the report? hillary runs for president in 2016. the younger bush says the former >> well, they were kind of secretary of state is surprised that he had said that. "unbelievably accomplished, but she's not sure she would vote i didn't go on about how many for her. times he had done it until a little while later. backing in 2007, george w. bush himself singled out hillary >> as far as you knew, were

clinton as the democratic candidate he liked best saying other women in the loop? "i think she's a very formidable was it commonly known this guy candidate and one of the is handsy or worse? interesting things that she brings is she's been under >> no. at that time i didn't know anything about it. pressure. she understands the colleague i didn't know that there were lights. at the same time, bush also said other women that had gone he thought the gop nominee who through what i was going through. turned out to be john mccain would beat clinton. >> and why -- for those who we'll be right back. would want to know, well, why all your important legal matters in just minutes. didn't you immediately come forward or make a bigger deal of it, what was going through your mind? protect your family... and launch your dreams. >> i was kind of humiliated. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. and i have to say that i -- i didn't know what to do. i really didn't know what to do. i just wanted to come to work and do my job. and it took a while until these other women came forward for me to finally come for wand and validate what they were saying. >> gloria allred, this guy would seem to be a serial offender at this point. i'm almost losing track of the number of individuals who have come forward. how far will this go?

>> well, we have also filed the only sexual harassment lawsuit, michael, against mayor filner. now, on behalf of our client, maureen mccormick jackson who was the first to come forward and publicly identify herself as a victim of mayor filner. since then that has inspired others who allege they are victims of mayor filner to also come forward with the total today up to 15, maybe even 16, who publicly come forward. and that deputy include those who have contacted me but who for whatever reason have decided not to come forward, or at least not to come forward yet. so the point is that mayor filner appears to think that women are fair game. it's particularly serious where the women are employees in city hall, because as to peggy shannon who i might add i give so much credit to because she has demonstrated enormous courage in coming forward, that she also alleges that the mayor as she was coming out of city

hall one day and he was coming in grabbed her, hugged her and kissed her right on the lips. now, women who will work and all women are entitled to respect. they're entitled to dignity. they're not there to be the mayor's play things. and the city of san diego, the city hall of san diego should not be used as the mayor's sexual playground to have women it's time that we do what's any time he wants do whatever he right for our party and our wants. >> mrs. shannon, what did you do candidates and by the way, it's when he kissed you on the lips? >> i walked away from him. the right thing to do for our voters. they're not going to get a real i didn't say anything. i was in shock. debate of substance if it's run by a network who wants to help i just went and got in my car and went home and cried for two out hillary clinton. hours. >> and michael, he says that he we're done putting up with this nonsense. can go eight hours. we just want him to go. there are plenty of other news we don't care how long he can go. he we just want him to go, as outlets. we'll still reach voters. soon as possible. maybe more voters but cnn and and that means resigning as nbc anchors will just have to mayor of san diego. he is a disgrace and he has watch on their competitors' brought shame upon this city hall and the people of san networks. >> welcome back to "hardball." diego. >> you know, i'm not a shrink, that was reince priebus earlier today at the summer meeting in obviously. i'm not qualified to say this.

but there is a part of me that boston. delivering a spirited indictment wonders if he is at home on the liberal bias he says the watching "hardball" right now media shows his republican and just loving this there are donors and friends. some weiner-like characteristics today, the republican national committee unanimously passed a it seems like to this guy where resolution preventing itself he would rather be in the from partnering with nbc or cnn spotlight getting horrific for debates if the networks move publicity than not be in the spotlight at all. forward with planned hillary gloria, just a ten second clinton productions ahead of response. what they say is a likely 2016 >> he needs to put the people first. he needs to put the people of san diego first, and they have clinton presidential run. but is this a smart move by shown in every single poll that they want him out. priebus and the rnc? the entire city council of san after all, hardly none of the diego city wants him out, as tough questions in 2012 came well as both of our united from cnn or nbc and beyond that, states senators, senator feinstein, senator boxer. many of the candidates' worst >> gloria allred, thank you, as performances like rick perry and always. peggy shannon, thank you as his oops moment were self well. >> thank you. inflicted wounds. >> we'll be back right after it would be a stretch to blame this. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! cnbc's john harwood for having traveling is easy with the venture card asked that question. because you can fly any airline anytime. joining me is abby huntsman, two words. double miles! co-host of the cycle and mo this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! elithy. and with double miles you can actually use, according to the autopsy report which conducted a thorough you never miss the fun. beard growing contest and go!

review of the party's performance and problems, the ♪ report said this. i win! the republican party needs to what's in your wallet? stop talking to itself. we've become expert in how to provide ideological reinforcement to like-minded people but devastatingly, we've lost the ability to be persuasive with or welcoming to those who do not agree with us on every issue. mo, i've got to believe you would love it 239 debates in 2016 featured limbaugh, beck and hannity as the sole interrogators. >> look, this is -- i don't understand what they're doing strategically, but man am i glad they're doing it. this is a party that has pledged and said that it needs to expandity reach. but if you look at every single group that they -- that they lost so badly with in 2012, they keep poking them in the eye. and i think what's really going on here, i'm not inside reince

priebus's head, but i think what's going on here is two things. one, this is great for their i think short-term fund-raising. there's a few things thank conservative activists like more than to beat up on the liberal media. >> plays well for the base. >> but it also limits debates. and by putting them on with rush limbaugh and sean hannity as the hosts, i actually think what they're doing is creating more opportunity for them to highlight some of the more fringe positions of the party which is not really what they ought to be doing. >> i thought that the autopsy made a lot of sense and one of i win! help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened the things, i'm paraphrasing, so we could be a better, safer energy company. one of the things said we need to get out of the echo chamber. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. i've said this before, on wednesday morning after the we've added cutting-edge technology, election there were folks like a new deepwater well cap mystified by how obama won because they were solely and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts dependent on drudge, talk rao watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and fox news. it keems like in contrast to the and we're sharing what we've learned, autopsy finding from the rnc,

so we can all produce energy more safely. they're going right back into that direction. our commitment has never been stronger. >> that's the answer. let's get rush and sawn hannity to monitor debates. in all honesty, i kind of want that to happen. for many republicans out there that want the party to change to move forward in a different direction, it has to hit rock bottom first. maybe having sean hannity and rush host a debate, we've hit rock bottom and we would be able to be move forward. the rnc doesn't have the authority to approve or to fund the debate. so they can say that all they want. they can encourage candidates, obviously, to boycott the debates, which would be effective, but you know, i keep saying look, if it is hillary clinton's mini series that's going to put her over the edge in 2016, we really have no business being in the race it begin with. they have their annual summer meeting. how much time have they wasted talking about this when we have bigger fish to fry. why are we not focusing on our message?

why don't we have the courage to talk about things we need to do to move forward as chris christie said yesterday. >> let me give everyone a reminder, last siblg republican candidates faced tough questions from moderators of all networks. let me finish tonight with a here's one exchange between mitt question. are you ready for some football? romney and abc's george i'm not talking nfl. stephanopoulos. >> governor romney, do you i mean epl, as in english believe that states have the right to ban could traception or premier league. is that trumped by a see, tomorrow english football, constitutional right to privacy? soccer to us in the states, is >> george, this is an unusual topic that you raise. finally coming to the states. nbc has made a significant >> you went to harvard law investment to bring top flight school you know very well. soccer to the united states for >> has the supreme court decided the next three years. that states do not have the a match tomorrow between right to the provide contraception? liverpool and stoke city will >> yes, they have, 1965, commence the first of 380 regular season games that the griswold v connecticut. you've given two answers to the nbc sports group will offer on a question. do you believe the supreme court multitude of platforms. we're talking more than 1600 should overturn it or not. hours of annual programing. >> do i believe the supreme court should. >> sometimes the wounds were maybe you've seen jason sudeikis starring in a hilarious video self-inflicted. >> and i will tell you, it's promoting this launch, which three agencies of government already has more than four million youtube views.

when i get there that are gone. >> my name is ted lasso. commerce, education, and the -- i'm the new head coach for what's the third one there? tottenham spurs. let's see. i've been brought over here to implement my coaching style. football is football no matter where you play it. >> five. >> so commerce, education and you got grass, you got cleats and you got helmets with masks the -- >> epa? >> there you go. on. >> there have been occasions in the past where some have argued that the u.s. was at a tipping >> let's talk. point and about to be smitten >> seriously? with soccer. is epa the one you were talking i can remember the hype about pele's arrival when i was a kid, about? >> no, sir. we were talking about the but it hasn't happened. agencies of government. this time i think it's going to epa needs to be rebuilt. happen. friendly matches have drawn huge no doubt about that. crowds in the united states. >> you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of wherever i go in the states, i see merchandise being worn by government i would do away with premier league fans of all ages, and of course more kids are the education, the -- commerce, playing soccer here than ever and let's see. before. another factor might be the shifting demographics of the country, which make us more like i can't, the third one i can't. sorry. oops. fans who have made this the most >> abby, for reasons i think are popular sport in the world. so here are a couple of the aub, you paid particularly close basics to get you started. the premier league features 20 attention to all those debates back in that psych. teams who play each other twice what i'm thering is some of the in a season, once at home and high points for candidates came once away. so there is parody in scheduling when they faced tough questions.

in the season that runs from august to may. i remember specifically when john king at the outset of one teams get three points forrer a particular debate hammered newt win, one for a tie. there is no super bowl. gingrich and gingrich had a and whichever has the most points at the end of the year wins the championship. great response that brought the house down. the top finishing teams get to what would have happened to gingrich at that moment had king go on and compete in the not provided him that european championship ons opportunity? >> i also think what would have happened to rick perry had that league, and the bottom three moment not happened. teams, they're essentially sent to the minor leagues. my stomach still cringes. get used to hearing names like >> what would have happened to us as voters. wayne rooney, gareth bail and >> my symptom make still cringes robin van percent it is. when i watch some of those they also have colorful owners. clips. i just remember going to those their jerry jones, debates with my dad. as you know, there was not a lot of substance at those debates. it was really a battle between who could be the most conservative, who could throw out the most red meat. i remember my dad looking at me always on the end with his hands up like i don't know what to do. you get 30 seconded to talk about something substantial. so i understand reince priebus's point. let's have more control over the debates and less of those debates. it makes us only look bad. let's not use hillary clinton as

our way to fight this battle. >> and mo, you paid close attention, as well that some of the worst moments for the gop in that debate cycle came from audience reaction. and none of what we're addressing right now reins in that bad behavior. i'm making specific reference to when there was a soldier who was booed for having been gay and posing a question. >> yeah, and i got to believe that having the hannitys and limbaughs of the world isn't going to do anything to stem that. look, we all know what the republicans need to do. i hope they don't do it, but we all know what they need to do, they need to expand outreach and try to speak to more people and stop being so hostile. they've got policies and agenda that are openly hostile to huge segments of the population. rather than try to limit the number of debates and call that you will outreach, this he need to actually kind you have change their message and their agenda and their policies to make them a little bit more inclusive. instead what people heard today was we're not going to talk to

you because we don't like what you're doing. and that i don't think is what will they ought to be doing. >> missouri, thank you. abby huntsman, good to see you. up next, the cia acknowledges a secret they kept for decades about area 51 and ufos. you can listen to my rao program weekday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on sirius xm's potus channel 124. this is "hardball." the place for politics. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance.

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use the since the 1950s to test and develop the military's most discreet aerial hardware including the u-2 spy plane and the a-12 oxcart. next up, the obama administration has been installing solar panels on the roof of the white house this week making good on a 2010 promise to make at building more energy independent. this marks the second time that the white house has been retrofit with the energy saving devices. the first was 34 years ago when under then president jimmy carter who hoped to inspire an alternative energy revolution during the oil embargo of the '70s, his message fell upon deaf ears and the solar panels were removed just seven years later by the reagan administration in 19 6. here was president carter describing his reaction to that from the documentary "a road not taken." >> i was disappointed, swhag anging a and -- somewhat angry when i saw that president reagan had taken

this symbolic step of retreating from the commitment to renewable energy. >> but the story didn't end there. the film follows those very solar panels 32 in all after they were salvaged by unitiy college in maine where they helped power the school cafeteria and when they reached the end of their useful life there, some of them went on a road trip with the filmmakers to atlanta. the filmmakers and used them to heat it the water in their bathtub before donating them to the carter presidential library. and finally, jennifer garner has hinted to "allure" magazine that her husband again affleck may be interested in seeking elective office. the argo star is no stranger to politics campaigning for john kerry back in 2004. but he's always been coy when it comes to his own political ambitions. listen to what he had to say about that back in 2004 at the democratic national convention. >> as a person, i'm much more

interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other as nine insignificant aspect of their life. >> have you ever thought of crossing the line yourself? >> i'd like to -- i'd like your job, frankly. so i'm waiting for you to move on. >> waiting for me. thank you very much, ben. now i'll be nice to you. >> sorry, ben, i don't think anybody's going to replace chris anytime soon. up next, a lot of big names on the right are rushing to the defense of that rodeo clown, the one who wore an obama mask at the missouri state fair. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest

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i'm julia boorstin with your cnbc mark wrap. stocks ended a tough week on a down note today. the dow jones industrials is

slipping to 30 points finishing up its worst week of 2013. the s&p 500 losing 5 and the nasdaq giving up 3 points. ten-year treasury bonds jumped to 2.73% a high since july of 2011 on speculation the fed will begin taper agits monthly bond purchases. consumer confidence fell unexpectedly this month from its high in july. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." earlier this week, we showed you some shocking video from the missouri state fair. a clown dressed in an obama mask got jeered by the crowd as the rodeo announcer gleefully taunted, we're going to stomp obama now. >> let me tell these people who we got helping, obama is going to have to just stay there.

obama, watch out for those bulls. >> i know i'm a clown. he just running around acting like one, doesn't note he is one. >> obama, are they're coming for you this time. whoo. >> as soon as this fool comes out, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you. >> one person in the crowd compared it to an effigy at a klan rally. there was bipartisan condemnation and the clown who talked about getting obama wasser. thely banned by fair officials. while both those things are to be expected given the offensive display, what you might be surprised by is the strong reaction from the right. sawn hannity, rush limbaugh and glenn beck rallied to his defense. a support group on facebook popped up and some members of congress chimed in. steve stockman release aid statement saying "liberals want to the crush dissent by isolating and polarizing anyone

who questions obama even if it's a clown with a harmless gag, the idea to create a state of fear and make people afraid to trivialize obama. no one tried to destroy the clown who wore a george herbert walker bush match. steve king tweeted mr. president, invite the rodeo clown to the white house for a beer summit. take the temperature down. have a laugh. relax. it's not about race. jonathan capehart is an msnpc political analyst and opinion writer at "the washington post." philip rutger is white house correspondent for the post. he just returned from the missouri state fair. philip, i know you were there on wednesday. what did you find? >> you know, i went there hoping to kind of hear what people thought about what happened at the fair that the rodeo. i wasn't sure what i would find. i ended up talking to about a dozen people there at the fair. all of them were in agreement they felt the media had overblown this. they didn't see anything racist or disrespectful about the act at the rodeo.

i started talking to some of these people and they really had very strong feelings about president obama. >> by way of example, you interviewed one farmer who said i've got no respect for him. he's an destroyed this country. how much freedom have we lost? i don't care whether it's a black man in office but we have to have a "true blood"ed american. i think he's muslim and trying to destroy the country, catering to the muslim brotherhood in egypt and went on to tell you he goes to a website that compares michelle obama 0 to a monkey.